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Why allocators need a ‘continuous exploration’ mindset for AI adoption

Asset owners are seeing a major shift in data management and analytics as AI enables more efficient investment processes. CPP Investments and OPTrust outline how the technology is being progressively integrated into their funds.

Darcy SongNovember 21, 2025

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Same attacks, more pain: Cyber security face up to exponential threats

Darcy SongNovember 21, 2025

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Allocators seek out new portfolio tools expecting higher inflation

Darcy SongNovember 20, 2025

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APG: Europe’s fragmented market and risk aversion dent opportunities

Sarah RundellNovember 20, 2025

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Investors wrestle with Europe’s demographic time bomb

Sarah RundellNovember 20, 2025

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Investors face ‘economic paradigm vacuum’ post-neoliberalism

The global economy is running in a “paradigm vacuum” as the classical theories of marginal change, equilibrium and rational markets are breaking down. Amid the void, University of Oxford professor Eric Beinhocker said investors must seek new economic tools that reflect how the world actually works.

Darcy SongNovember 18, 2025

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Opportunities and pitfalls for LPs using AI in private markets

Asset owners have a wide selection of artificial intelligence tools that product providers tout as enhancements to their unlisted investment process, but leading private markets academic Ludovic Phalippou said the reality is not that simple. Not only can AI make mistakes, it can also be tricked.

Darcy SongNovember 18, 2025

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How investors are balancing the risks of investing in defence

As European countries increase defence spending, allocators are weighing up the risk and opportunity of allocating more to the sector. For some, investing in defence sits relatively comfortably with stakeholders but for others, investing "in things that kill people" remains a highly controversial conversation.

Sarah RundellNovember 17, 2025

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Timothy Garton Ash: Reflections on the future of Europe

Celebrated academic Timothy Garton Ash reflects on the vital changes that Europe needs to achieve to thrive in its next evolution: success in Ukraine, its own defence industry, implementation of Draghi's recommendations, and a resolution to the cultural and social tensions gripping the continent – to name a few.

Sarah RundellNovember 14, 2025

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IMCO, USS and NBIM mull the risks of non-US dominant portfolios

The US has driven portfolio returns for decades, but investors are increasingly concerned that US-dominant portfolios are jeopardising precious diversification. USS, NBIM and IMCO share strategies to foster diversification including different currency exposures and investing in emerging markets.

Sarah RundellNovember 13, 2025

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The role of insurers helping create sustainable pension systems

Ensuring a sustainable income in retirement is an enduringly knotty problem and one that continues to preoccupy countries' pension systems and their asset manager partners. NEST, Sweden's Fund Selection Agency and US asset manager Apollo reflect on the future of retirement.

Sarah RundellNovember 12, 2025

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